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    <td width="105" class="tabletitle">System Default:</td>
    <td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>English (9) - internal</td>
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    <img border="0" src="../../images/mnu_tools/languages.png" hspace="5" align="left" width="152" height="153"><p>
    <b>Explorer++</b> is a native English language application, but 
    International users have contributed translation DLLs which, when placed in 
    the <a href="portable.htm#install_folder">installation folder</a>, present 
    the menus, etc. in a different language.&nbsp; The DLLs are not shipped with<b> 
    Explorer++</b>, but may be downloaded from the translation page of <b>
    Explorer++</b>'s site at</p>
    <blockquote>
      <p>
      <a class="EXTlnk" target="_blank" href="http://www.explorerplusplus.com/translations">
      http://www.explorerplusplus.com/translations</a></p>
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    <p>Once the DLLs are placed in the <b>Explorer++</b> installation folder, 
    the languages will appear as choices on the language drop-down (or drop-<i>up</i>!) 
    control for this option.&nbsp; You may need to install additional fonts, or 
    East-Asian language support prior to using some alternate languages.</td>
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<p>The translations are incomplete, but are an excellent start to the <i>
globalization</i> of <b>Explorer++</b>.</p>
<p>As of this version, the status of translations available is as follows:</p>
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  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="2" width="538">
    <tr>
      <td class="tabletitle" width="141">Language</td>
      <td width="85" align="center" class="tabletitle">Code<br>
      (ISO 639-1)</td>
      <td width="78" align="center" class="tabletitle">Lang. #<br>
      (Windows)</td>
      <td width="102" align="center" class="tabletitle">Appears as<br>
      (in drop-down)</td>
      <td align="center" class="tabletitle" width="112">Completion<br>
      (approximate)</td>
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      <td width="141">Catalan</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">CA</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x03</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/CA.gif" width="32" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">91%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Czech</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">CS</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x05</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/CS.gif" width="37" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">74%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Danish</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">DA</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x06</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/DA.gif" width="32" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">100%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">German</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">DE</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x07</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/DE.gif" width="42" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">91%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">English</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">EN</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x09</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/EN.gif" width="36" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">100% (internal)</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Spanish</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">ES</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x0A</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/ES.gif" width="40" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">100%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Farsi (Persian)</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">FA</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x29</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/FA.gif" width="43" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">100%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">French</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">FR</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x0C</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/FR.gif" width="41" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">97%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Italian</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">IT</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x10</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/IT.gif" width="37" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">98%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Japanese<sup><font face="Arial">1</font></sup></td>
      <td width="85" align="center">JA</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x11</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/JA.gif" width="39" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">49%</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="141">Korean<sup><font face="Arial">1</font></sup></td>
      <td width="85" align="center">KO</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x12</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/KO.gif" width="38" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">92%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Dutch</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">NL</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x13</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/NL.gif" width="57" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">94%</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="141">Norwegian</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">NO</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x14</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/NO.gif" width="73" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">93%</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="141">Polish</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">PL</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x15</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/PL.gif" width="29" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">97%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Portuguese</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">PT</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x16</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/PT.gif" width="52" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">95%</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="141">Romanian</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">RO</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x18</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/RO.gif" width="39" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">73%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Russian</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">RU</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x19</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/RU.gif" width="43" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">93%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Sinhala (Sri Lanka)<sup><font face="Arial">2</font></sup></td>
      <td width="85" align="center">SI</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x5B</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/SI.gif" width="31" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">48%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Turkish</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">TR</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x1F</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/TR.gif" width="35" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">86%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Ukrainian</td>
      <td width="85" align="center">UK</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x22</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/UK.gif" width="58" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">90%</td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="141">Chinese (Simplified)<sup><font face="Arial">1</font></sup></td>
      <td width="85" align="center">ZH</td>
      <td width="78" align="center">0x04</td>
      <td width="102" align="center">
      <img border="0" src="../../images/lang/ZH.gif" width="59" height="13"></td>
      <td align="center" width="112">92%</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
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    <td width="51" valign="top"><b>Notes:</b></td>
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    <ol>
      <li>requires support for East Asian languages to be installed.&nbsp; This 
      installation is available from the Control Panel <i>Regional and Language 
      Options</i> applet.</li>
      <li>
      <p style="margin-bottom: -16">requires installation of either the 
      SinhalaTamil Kit (Windows XP) or possibly a Sinhala LIP (Language 
      Interface Pack - Windows Vista/7, untested), available from
      <a class="EXTlnk" title="Microsoft Sri Lanka home page" target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/en/lk/">
      Microsoft Sri Lanka</a>.</li>
    </ol>
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<p>For anyone wishing to aid in the effort, the source files (CSV - comma 
separated values, XLS - Excel spreadsheet) are available for download on the 
translation page; completing the missing portions and re-submitting would be 
welcome.</p>
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